Things to do in Puglia on the dates of your jouney? please visit the Official Apulian tourism Website
To help you, we could send you an events calendar in the days of your stay at our farmhouse.
Besides, below you can find private tours we can provide on request.
Theme | CITY | TO VISIT | LENGTH | FOOD AND WINE | NOTE |
Costa dei trulli: typical villages on the sea | MONOPOLI link | · Historical introduction on the origins of the city;
· main attractions: P.zza Garibaldi, San Domenico, cripta rupestre della Madonna del Soccorso, Cattedrale, Chiesa Santa Maria del Suffragio, Porta vecchia, Piazza e Palazzo Palmieri, Castello Carlo V e Porto Vecchio. · Cathedral and Museum |
2h 30’ | Dishes based on fish, Panzerotti fritti
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Agricultural Park of Secular Olive Trees
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Archeology | EGNAZIA link | · archaeological site and museum | 4 h | archaeological site | |
Costa dei trulli: typical villages on the sea | POLIGNANO A MARE link | · main attractions: Lungomare D. Modugno, Lama Monachile, Arco Marchesale, Piazza Miani Perotti, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, Chiesa Matrice e terrazze a picco sul mare | 2h 30’ | Ice cream, specialty coffee, dishes based on fish | Domenico Modugno birthplace |
Natural places: Karst | CASTELLANA GROTTE link | Visit guided to the CAVES: 70m depth (stalactites, stalagmites, fossils, cavities, caves), the White Cave. · Complete itinerary: 3km · Partial Route: 1 km |
2 h 1 h |
Fave a nasello, Parmigiana di melanzane | White Cave: the most shining in the world |
Valle D’Itria | ALBEROBELLO link | · historical introduction about the founding of the city by the Guercio di Puglia;
· Trullo architectural composition; · main attractions: Basilica Santi Medici, Trullo Sovrano, Casa D’amore, Casa Pezzolla, Aia Piccole e Rione Monti (Zona Monumentale). |
3 h 30’ | Sfricone, Lampascioni, cartellate | UNESCO World Heritage Site
Italian Touring club orange flag
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Valle D’Itria | CISTERNINO link | · in the OLD TOWN: picturesque alleys (whitewashed houses and ancient districts);
· main attractions: Chiesa di San Nicola (Madonna del Cardellino, a.d. 1517), Piazza dell’orologio, Palazzo del Governatore e Palazzo Amati. |
2h 30’ | Dishes based on local meat, fresh cheese | One of the most beautiful Italian towns
Italian Touring club orange flag |
Valle D’Itria | LOCOROTONDO link | . It is an picturesque hamlet built in a circle, whose name means “round place”.
in the OLD TOWN: picturesque alleys (whitewashed houses and their “a pignon” roof (“a cummersa”) |
2h 30’ | Wines and winerie
Dishes based on local meat, fresh cheese |
Italian Touring club orange flag;
One of the most beautiful Italian towns |
Valle D’Itria | OSTUNI link | · historical introduction about Ostuni, well known as “the white city” because of its whitewashed houses;
· main attractions: Piazza Libertà, Via Cattedrale con i palazzi Della Corte, Ayroldi e Siccoda, Chiesa di San Vito e Cattedrale. |
2h 30’ | Fave e cicorie, Orecchiette al ragù e polpette, Pettole
Wines: Malvasia nera di Brindisi, Negroamaro, |
“the white city” |
Valle D’Itria | MARTINA FRANCA link | · OLD TOWN: picturesque alleys, typical baroque palaces and churches, the sumptuous Ducal Palace,
· Folk traditions Museum |
3 h 30’ | Capocollo DOP (Apulian salami), fresh cheese | |
Salento | LECCE link | OLD CITY:
main attractions: Piazza Sant’Oronzo Anfiteatro Romano, Teatro Romano, Palazzo Celestini, Basilica di Santa Croce (Baroque façade), Piazza Duomo, old city gates (Rudiae, Napoli, S. Biagio); palaces: Carafa, Adorno, Marrese, Palmieri-Guarini, etc.; Carlo V castle; churches: S. Irene, S. Matteo, S. Chiara, la Greca, etc.; typical papier mache workshops. |
6 h | Pasticciotto, ice cream, salty rustic, artisan coffee | “Florence of the South” |
Rupestrian civilization | MATERA link | well know city for its cave dwellings, the so-called sassi
Sasso Caveoso e Sasso Barisano scenographic tour; · Rupestrian churches: San Pietro Barisano, Santa Lucia alle Malve, Santa Maria De Idris, San Giovanni in Monterone. · other main attractions: Duomo (Apulian Romanesque style), Piazza Sedile, Il Piano (palazzi barocchi e chiese es. Chiesa del Purgatorio), piazza Vittorio Veneto, Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (baroque Church). |
6 h | Ciallèdd, La Crapiata, Homemade Pasta | UNESCO World Heritage Site
2019 European Capital of Culture |
Imperial Apulia (Emperor Frederick II) | CASTEL DEL MONTE link | Visit to the most mysterious castle built by Emperor Frederick II in the octagonal shape as a symbolic reference to the Holy Grail. | 2 h | UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
Imperial Apulia (Emperor Frederick II) | TRANI link
ANDRIA link |
· Visito to the Cathedral of San Nicola Pellegrino, the Castello Svevo (Swabian Castle), the Jewish quarter of Giudecca (synagogues and artisans’ shops), the seaport
· Visit to the castle built by Emperor Frederick II, Romanesque cathedral (A.D. 1099), S. Agostino’s Renaissance Church (AD 1533), Museo del Confetto. |
4 h | Extra Virgin Olive Oil, dishes based on fish, Burrata (fresh cheese), Confetti Tenerelli | “an elegant pale-stone amphitheatre”
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Magna Graecia | TARANTO link | · MARTA National Archeologic Museum
· OLD CITY: Doric temple, Cathedral of San Cataldo, gotic Church of San Domenico, Aragonese Castle, swing bridge, fishing seaport. |
5 h | – Citrus DOP (Protected Designation of Origin)
– Coltivazione bivalvi |
the ancient capital of the Magna Graecia |
Magna Graecia | GROTTAGLIE link | · OLD TOWN: ceramics quarter, teracotta workshops, Mother Church, Church of Carmine.
· Museum of Ceramics-EPISCOPIO castle |
3 h | Ciceri e tria | artisanal pottery since the Middle Ages |
Imperial Apulia (Emperor Frederick II) | BARI link | · OLD CITY tour: Basilica of St. Nicholas (apulian Romanesque architecture; it hosts 2 religions: the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox), the cathedral of St. Sabino, the Swabian castle, the Fortino di St. Antonio Abate, the archeological museum of St. Scolastica, Piazza del Ferrarese, Piazza Mercantile and the old seaport; | 4 h | Orecchiette alle cime di rapa, typical flat bread (focaccia barese) |